Package
bestzip
Uses OS zip command if available (for better performance and speed) or node.js version if there is no system command available. Can be called via node or command line.
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 354.1k
- +32% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 3
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 2 days ago
- v4.0.1
- GitHub stars
- -
- Open issues / PRs
- - / -
- Contributors
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- -
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
354,098 downloads last week, 1,913,988 in the last month. The 12-month change of +32% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 1333 in total
- Latest version
- 4.0.1, 22 Sept 20262 days ago
- First published
- 28 Oct 2014
- Last push to GitHub
- -
- Repository archived
- -
- Open issues
- -
- Open pull requests
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- -
- Dependents on npm
- -
Major versions
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 6 Sept 2026
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 May 2026
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 27 Aug 2018
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Oct 2014
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 4.0.1 | 22 Sept 2026 |
| 4.0.0 | 6 Sept 2026 |
| 3.1.0 | 6 Sept 2026 |
| 2.2.7 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 3.0.3 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 3.0.2 | 7 Aug 2026 |
| 2.2.6 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| 3.0.1 | 21 May 2026 |
| 3.0.0 | 20 May 2026 |
| 2.2.5 | 15 May 2026 |
| 2.2.4 | 15 May 2026 |
| 2.2.3 | 25 Mar 2026 |
| 2.2.2 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| 2.2.1 | 13 Apr 2022 |
- Module format
- ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- None
- Node.js engine range
- >=22
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 25 kB
- Dependencies (3)
globyargsarchiver
npm install bestzip- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bestzip@4.0.1/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/bestzip@4.0.1/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/bestzip@4.0.1
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